There's a moment in every revolutionary change when the impossible becomes inevitable. It happened when Roger Bannister broke the four-minute mile—suddenly, dozens of runners achieved what had seemed physiologically impossible…
In the 1984 film The Karate Kid, young Daniel LaRusso arrives at Mr. Miyagi's house expecting to learn devastating kicks and lightning-fast punches. Instead, he's handed a cloth and told…
In our journey through life, we are often faced with challenges and setbacks. How we perceive and respond to these obstacles can greatly impact our overall happiness and well-being. Optimists,…
We'll delve into a topic that may initially seem paradoxical: why some of the most brilliant minds in the world often pose seemingly stupid questions. Prepare to have your preconceived…
Getting home It was a rainy Thursday evening in October. As I approached the westbound Docklands Light Railway platform, I realised it was stacked 6 layers of commuters thick -…
I am an example of the self-deprecating type, having bought into Confucius's view that "Humility is the solid foundation of all virtues". As a result, I tend to play down…
I work in technology. My role, along with the entire technology organisation that I am part of, is to provide optimal solutions for the problems we have been asked to address.…
If you are striving for high performance – be it for your business or a personal competency, you should be interested in tracking metrics that indicate if changes need to…
I sometimes look up at a blue sky with white puffy (cumulus) clouds and see whether I can spot a shape. I might see that the cloud has taken the form…
Email is still a useful way to communicate, but it's also one of the easiest ways to be take out a small chunk of someone's day. Most people, including me, have…